Tombstone of the Labenski family, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Tombstone of the Labenski family

Père-Lachaise Cemetery
ID: NGR-019304-P/193983

Tombstone of the Labenski family

On the grave site a pedestal with a metal fence, at the head a base under a now-turned stele.

Inscription:

FAMILLE / LOUISE DEROSNE ÉPOUSE DE XAVIER LABENSKY / CONSUL GENERAL DE RUSSIE 2 JUILLET 1810 / MICHEL LOUIS EDMOND LABENSKY / NÉ LE 28 AVRIL 1838, / DÉCÉDÉ À ORLÉANS LE 28 AVRIL 1855. / JEAN GUSTAVE LABENSKY, / 24 JUIN 1835 + 5 JUILLET 1895 / XAVIER CHARLES EMILE LABENSKY / DÉCÉDÉ LE 12 JANVIER 1910, À L’ÂGE DE 64 ANS. / VVE LABENSKY, NÉE ROSALIE VOLGRAN. / LE 22 7BRE 1857. / DÉCÉDÉE LE 30 AOÛT 1912, À L’ÂGE DE 7[.] ANS. / M.L. / 9 AOÛT 1841 / CAMILLE DE LABENSKY / NÉ LE 21 AVRIL 1800 DÉCÉDÉ LE 8 MARS 1871 / ENVOYÉ DE RUSSIE PRÈS LA COUR GRAND DUCALE
DE HESSE / SA VEUVE ET SES ENFANTS RACONNAISSANTS. / REQUIESCAT IN PACE / CHARLES STANISLAS LABENSKY / NÉ À PARIS LE 30 NOVEMBRE 180[.]. / DÉCÉDÉ À MARAUX AUX BOIS 30 JANVIER 1877 / LOUISE SOPHIE LECOQ VEUVE DE CHARLES STANISLAS LABENSKY / NÉE À [...] (LOIRET) LE 13 JUILLET 1808. / DÉCÉDÉE A MARAUX-AUX-BOIS (LOIRET) LE 11 AOÛT 1884 //.
 

Tombstone location:

Sector number 49 Tomb number 147

Dimensions:

195 x 200 x 200 cm

Additional dimensions:

height: front 55 cm, rear 195 cm

Materials:

sandstone, metal

Additional Information about materials:

metal (fencing)

Additional information:

Licence no: 69PA-1810

the concession was purchased by Bernard, attorney for M. Labensky, residing at 11 rue Montblanc

location: div. 49 sec. 2, row 1, ch. de la Cave (div. 52), gr. 30 from div. 50

Louise Françoise Derosne (born in 1771 in Paris, died on the night of 1 to 2 July 1810 in Paris), daughter of François Derosne, apothecary, and Anne Nicole Godefroy. On 9 December 1797, she married Xavier Labensky, consul-general of Russia in Paris. A son, Charles Stanislas Labensky (1803-1877), was born of this marriage. She died during the fire at the Austrian embassy in Paris, during a ball given by Prince Schwarzenberg on the occasion of Napoleon's marriage to Empress Marie-Louise. She was buried on 1 July 1810. (Annual no. 402)

Xavier Labensky (born c. 1770, died 7 April 1815 in St Petersburg), son of Adam and Maria Anna (mother's maiden name unknown). Merchant and from 1810 consul-general of Russia in France. On 9 December 1797, he married Louise Françoise Derosne. His remains were transferred from Heidelberg to Père Lachaise cemetery on 22 January 1842.

Louis Michel Edmond Labensky (born 30 April 1838 at the Château La Prée in Mareau-aux-Bois, died 28 April 1855), son of Charles Stanislas and Sophie Lecoq. His remains were transferred from Orléans and buried in Père Lachaise cemetery on 18 April 1860 (annual no. 345, gen. no. 152820)

Jean Gustave Labensky (born 1833, died 3 July 1893 in Villejuif), husband of Rosalie Volgran (married 31 May 1893). Note: the dates of birth and death in the inscription are incorrect. Buried on 6 July 1893 (annual number 4191)

Xavier Charles Labensky (born 13 February 1844 at Mareau-aux-Bois, died 12 January 1910 at Mareau-aux-Bois), son of Charles Stanislas Labensky (1803-1877) and Louise Sophie Lecoq (1808-1884). Owner of the château de La Prée. Buried on 15 January 1910. (annual number 1580)

Rosalie Labensky, née Volgran (born 22 September 1837 in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, died 30 August 1912 in Paris), pensioner, wife of Jean Gustave Labensky (married 31 May 1893 in Boulogne-Billancourt). She died at her residence at 60 rue de Passy. She was buried on 2 September 1912. (No. 157)

Michel Joseph de Labenski (born 15 September 1785 in Warsaw, died 9 August 1841), secretary of the Russian Embassy in Paris, chevalier of the Legion of Honour (6 April 1825). During the First Republic he was allowed to reside in France (ANF F/7/10801). Buried on 27 July 1859 as part of an exhumation (annual no. 2733, gen. no. 148818)

Camille Labensky (baptised 22 April 1800 in Paris, died 16 August 1871), son of Xaverry and Louise Derosne. A diplomat, among other things secretary to the Russian embassy at Darmstadt, from 1857 secret state counsellor and chamberlain to the Emperor of Russia. On 1 May 1828 in St Petersburg he married Alexandrine Katharine Bergien (died 1880). Buried on 16 August 1871, transferred from Lausanne (annual no. 729, gen. no. 344761)

Charles Stanislas Labensky (born 30 November 1803 in Paris, died 30 January 1877 in Mareau-aux-Bois), son of Xavier Labensky and Louise Françoise Derosne. Owner of an estate and resident at La Prée. On 25 July 1831, at Laas, he married Louise Sophie Lecocq. They had a son Jean Gustave Labensky, born on 24 June 1833 (wrong date in the inscription). He was granted French naturalisation by Royal Ordonnance No. 22.291 of 27 July 1847. He was buried on 3 February 1877, transferred from Mareau-aux-Bois (annual number 3275).

Sophie Labensky, née Lecoq (born 13 July 1808 at Laas, died 11 August 1884 at La Prée château), daughter of Jean Georges Lecoq (1784-1847) and Sophie Champigny (1787-1848), mother of Jean Gustave Labensky, possessor. On 25 July 1831, at Laas, she married Charles Stanislas Labensky. Buried on 15 August 1884, transferred from La Prée (annual no. 905).

State of preservation:

very bad

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

in July 2008, the stele with the inscriptions was found to be overturned and lying on top of the tumulus cover, making it impossible to re-read the inscriptions, a condition that also existed in November 2024.

Bibliography:

  • Roger, „Le Champ du repos, ou le Cimetière Mont-Louis, dit du Père Delachaise”, Paryż, 1816), t. 1, s. 171, plansza IX
  • „Russkij Nekropol”, 1915, s. 48-49
  • Salomon F. T., „Le Père-Lachaise”, Paryż 1855, s. 171

Supplementary bibliography:

Archives départementales du Loiret, AN Mareau-aux-Bois, no. 6, 30.04.1838.

Archives de Paris, AD Paris 16e, no. 1313, 1912.

Archives de Paris, AD Actes reconstitués de l'état civil de Paris

"Bulletin des lois" 1 July 1847, p. 355

Date of documentation:

2025

Publication:

24.09.2025

Last updated:

25.09.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

prof. Sławomir Górzyński
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Grave site with stone pedestal and metal fence, surrounded by overgrown vegetation. The base of an overturned stele is visible at the headstone. Photo showing Tombstone of the Labenski family Gallery of the object +1
Tombstone of the Labenski family, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
Grave site with stone pedestal and metal fence, surrounded by overgrown vegetation. At the head, the base under an overturned stele is visible. Photo showing Tombstone of the Labenski family Gallery of the object +1
Tombstone of the Labenski family, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.

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